Hey, Folks!
Just a quick note this week on the account that I have a million things to get done today. I have decided at this late date in my life that I am the absolute worse planner in the history of planning. I mean, I set up a plethora of non-work activities on a week where I not only have initial Diamond orders due (and this is only the second month that I have used my new initial order Diamond system which I am still working the bugs out of) and I have normal duties like this note and the subscription form and the shipping list to get done. Of course, I could (and will) lean on Brian a bit to get everything done, but he has a ton of work to get to as well what with all of the new back stock that is waiting to be processed, priced, and put out for sale along with several boxes of comics in the back room that still need to be gone over so that I can make an offer on them. Then THOSE comics need to be processed, priced, and put out for sale. Eek!
The good news is that I successfully completed my initial orders on Tuesday and the new system seems to be holding up fairly well. Also, Brian has done an incredible job of getting a big portion of the higher priced new comic acquisitions ready to go. I mean, we had an amazing Tuesday and Wednesday, business-wise, on a week where there was a very small shipment of new product, but plenty of “new” back issues that folks were clamoring for and I checked the showcase this morning and Brian did his usual great job of rearranging everything into an attractive mélange of great books. As a side note, I was particularly pleased that by getting things done a little extra early this week that I managed to completely avoid a Diamond website crash that apparently occurred last night when I was out to dinner with some dear old friends. Normally, I would have been at home tearing out my hair and waiting in vain for the website to get up and running again so that I could finish whatever I was working on.
Anyway, I will be out of the office early today (Thursday) in order to enjoy an evening out with my beloved fiancée as well as Ben and Michelle Sweetser up in Ann Arbor. We are going to see jazz great Joshua Redman in concert as well as eat out at the Blue Nile, an Ethiopian restaurant. I’ve never had Ethiopian before, but I thrill at every opportunity to go to a restaurant where I can eat with Hillman who, as everyone probably knows by now, is an avowed vegan. I am absolutely thrilled to be going to a concert again and am looking forward to a relaxing night out.
I was very here at the store later than usual for a Wednesday this week and may I say what a pleasure it was to see a bunch of customers whom I haven’t interacted with for a long time. It was such a pleasure that I may have to start scheduling myself a couple of late Wednesdays a month just stay caught up with everyone. I hope that the weather clears up this weekend and that everyone has a great day!
Ed